| As globalization takes hold of our collective society, the | | | | - India |
| English language is quickly becoming the universal | | | | - Nepal |
| language for many reasons. For one, business across | | | | - Middle East and North Africa |
| borders as well as over the internet, whether it is | | | | - United Arab Emirates |
| conducted by small companies or multi-national | | | | - Kuwait |
| corporations is largely conducted in English. Global | | | | - Oman |
| politics and diplomacy are largely conducted in English | | | | - Egypt (English is mandatory from the 4th grade on) |
| as well. In fact, English is the world's second largest | | | | - European Union |
| native language, the official language in 70 countries, | | | | - Austria |
| and English-speaking nations are responsible for about | | | | - Belgium |
| 40 percent of the world's total Gross National Product. | | | | - Bulgaria |
| Part of this can be attributed to the USA's status as a | | | | - Cyprus |
| major world power in economic, political and military | | | | - Czech republic |
| aspects and by the huge influence of American | | | | - Denmark |
| movies. | | | | - Estonia |
| The Internet | | | | - Finland |
| The internet was developed chiefly in America, and | | | | - France |
| whether that is an influential factor or not, the majority | | | | - Germany |
| of Web sites and Web pages are in English. People | | | | - Greece |
| from all over the world access these English-language | | | | - Hungary |
| sites on a daily basis. This indicates that there are a | | | | - Ireland |
| many people all over the world who can at least read | | | | - Italy |
| minimal amounts of English enough to browse the | | | | - Latvia |
| Web. | | | | - Lithuania |
| Popular Culture | | | | - Luxembourg |
| English can be at least understood on at least some | | | | - Malta |
| level almost everywhere in the world among scholars | | | | - The Netherlands |
| and educated people. The English language is also | | | | - Poland |
| widely recognized as the world's media language, and | | | | - Portugal |
| the chief language of cinema, TV, pop music and as | | | | - Romania |
| aforementioned, the computer world. All over the | | | | - Slovakia |
| planet, even people who don't necessarily speak the | | | | - Slovenia |
| language know many English words, their pronunciation | | | | - Spain |
| and meaning. | | | | - Sweden |
| Countries Where English is Taught in School | | | | - United Kingdom |
| Because of the English language's far-reaching | | | | - Latin America |
| popularity and use all over the world, many non-English | | | | - Argentina |
| speaking countries are now introducing English lessons | | | | - Chile |
| in their public and/or private school systems. Some of | | | | - Columbia |
| the countries that include the English language in their | | | | - Costa Rica |
| school curriculum do so for one or more of the | | | | - Guatemala |
| reasons mentioned above. Other countries are simply | | | | - Honduras |
| forward-thinking in that they can see a degree of | | | | - Mexico |
| universality to the language that will offer its students | | | | - Panama |
| greater opportunity. Other countries have their own, | | | | - Venzuela |
| unrelated reasons for teaching English in their schools. | | | | Conclusion |
| No matter what the motivation, below is a list of | | | | As you can see, English is increasingly being taught to |
| countries that currently offer English as a second | | | | elementary, middle school and high school students all |
| language in their schools: | | | | over the world. In many of the schools in the countries |
| - Asia | | | | listed above learning English is either mandatory, or |
| - People's Republic of China | | | | offered as a foreign language study much like Spanish |
| - Japan | | | | and French are taught in the U.S. In other countries, |
| - South Korea | | | | English is offered as an option to those elite members |
| - Taiwan | | | | of society who are in the position to pay for private |
| - Singapore (English is taught as a first language here) | | | | school or tutoring. |